Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30hrs, 9 December 2015
This report is for media and the general public. The SMM recorded a number of ceasefire violations, mostly near Donetsk airport. It experienced a number of freedom-of-movement restrictions but it did reach border areas not controlled by the Government*. It noted a Right Sector protest in Kirovohrad and the election of a Svoboda party member as...
Researchers and practitioners discuss innovative solutions to border issues at OSCE Border Management Staff College
DUSHANBE, 10 December 2015 – Innovative solutions to address border issues using new technologies and methods were discussed at the four-day OSCE Cross-Border Research Conference in Dushanbe which concluded today with a study trip to Tajikistan’s nearby border with Afghanistan. Twenty-one researcher and senior-level officials from border,...
OSCE supports training course on trial monitoring for civil society organizations
Andrii Dziubenko The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine and USAID’s “Fair Justice” project organized a two-day training course for 22 representatives of civil society organizations on trial monitoring, which concluded on 10 December 2015 in Kyiv. The participants discussed trial monitoring methodology developed by the OSCE Office for...
Crimea in Darkness
As its power supply slowly returns to normal, TOL looks at how the people of Crimea are coping with blackouts and shortages. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Implementation of the Minsk Agreements and implications of the sanctions on Russia – Time for a stock-take
A measured approach towards Russia …read more Source: European Policy...
Russia Slams IMF-Ukraine Deal, but Won’t Exit Fund
Ukrainian ready to litigate ‘wearing full armor’ if Russia files a lawsuit against the country, premier says. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Polish PM: We fully accept the right of Great Britain to take sovereign decisions with regards to welfare policy while respecting free movement
Polish PM: We fully accept the right of Great Britain to take sovereign decisions with regards to welfare policy while respecting free movementSpeaking at a joint press conference with Prime Minister David Cameron, Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydło said that while there was not yet “full agreement” on restricting EU migrants’ access to...
Turkish Premier Accuses Russia of ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ Campaign in Syria
Moscow driving out Turkmen, Sunni Muslim populations to protect its regional military interests, Ahmet Davutoglu says. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Russia Uses Syria Operation to Test Weapons Systems
Since initiating their military operations in Syria, the Russian Armed Forces continue to test and experiment with weapons systems and various platforms in the course of the campaign. These tests appear to relate to a wide variety of advanced systems and seem designed to assess the reaction of other actors to their use during ongoing Russian...
U.S. Press Probes Biden Family Ukraine Links
Hunter Biden sits on board of a gas firm owned by an ‘example of Yanukovych-era excess.’ …read more Source: Transitions Online...
